OK, got that now. Thanks

I've looked again at the letter from the Solicitor and I'm even more confused now. It states that their client is an insurance company but hte claim has been issued by my neighbour. This suggests to me that the insurance company has paid for the repairs so it hasn't actually cost my neighbour anything. Surely he can't sue me for money he hasn't spent.

I've recently had Court papers sent to me because I made a mistake. I lit a bonfire and didn't make sure it was out before I went to bed. As a consequence, the fire caught again and damaged my neighbours garage. I offered to pay for the damage but my neighbour refused my offer and is now taking me to court. My reason for not paying the claim is that he has repaired the damage but has also used the opportunity to improve the structure e.g a metal roof replacing a plastic roof. His claim is through a solicitor and I have defended it as agreeing to part of the claim but not the full amount. I got some documents from the court asking me about mediation. I sent them back 2 days ago saying I would agree to mediation. Today I got a letter from his solicitor saying they will be applying for summary judgement. I have no idea what they mean. I was quite comfortable with mediation because I know that is just a discussion to reach agreement but what is summary judgement?